A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the End of the Year 1777, to the Conclusion of the Late American War. Exeter: Printed for the Author, [1787]. [8], 184, [48] pp. With 10 folding engraved battle-plans, 9 of which have troop positions hand-colored. 4to (280 x 218 mm). Untrimmed and partially unopened in original boards, printed paper spine label. Custom morocco-backed clamshell box. L gathering spotted, marginal tear from Z4, wear to joints and corners. PRIVATELY PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED, ONE OF THE RAREST FIRST EDITIONS OF A FIRST-HAND JOURNAL FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Simcoe arrived in Boston in June of 1775. He purchased a captaincy in the 40th foot and served in the 1776 New York and 1777 Philadelphia campaigns, being severely wounded at Brandywine. "After being refused permission to raise a corps from the free black inhabitants of Boston, on 15 October 1777 he took command of the Queen's Rangers, a loyalist 'legion' of mixed light horse and foot; at first with the provincial rank of major, and later of lieutenant-colonel commandant, Simcoe made his name in the petite guerre of raids, reconnaissance, and outpost skirmishing that characterized its service. As contemptuous of the military capacity of his adversaries as he was of their republicanism, his leadership made the Queen's Rangers the most successful of the American loyalist corps. He was captured in 1779 and spent six months as a prisoner" (DNB). Simcoe was brevetted home to Exeter in 1781, having spent six and a half years in active service in America. Despite the historical significance of this work, it was largely unknown outside of Simcoe's family circle for many decades. In 1846, Obadiah Rich wrote in comment on the 1844 second edition, "This book was first printed soon after the termination of the war of Independence, but apparently not published, and was almost unknown to exist until a few years ago, when a copy turned up in a sale (I believe of Mr. Chalmer's library) and from that copy, this edition was printed" (Bibliotheca Americana Nova 2:388). Nine of the battle plans were engraved for this work, the tenth being the "Sketch of the Skirmish at Petersburg" with imprint of Faden, 1784. However, the title of this map has been neatly amended in manuscript to indicate that it has been "copied from a Plan of Lt. Spencer's." Given that the Church copy possessed all the maps, including this one, in manuscript form, this seems plausible. Church 1223 (with 16 maps in manuscript); Clark 1:311; Howes S461; ("d"); Sabin 91134; Streeter sale 808. Acquisition: Laird Park sale, Sotheby's New York, Nov 29, 2000, lot 327, $64,000.
A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the End of the Year 1777, to the Conclusion of the Late American War. Exeter: Printed for the Author, [1787]. [8], 184, [48] pp. With 10 folding engraved battle-plans, 9 of which have troop positions hand-colored. 4to (280 x 218 mm). Untrimmed and partially unopened in original boards, printed paper spine label. Custom morocco-backed clamshell box. L gathering spotted, marginal tear from Z4, wear to joints and corners. PRIVATELY PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED, ONE OF THE RAREST FIRST EDITIONS OF A FIRST-HAND JOURNAL FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Simcoe arrived in Boston in June of 1775. He purchased a captaincy in the 40th foot and served in the 1776 New York and 1777 Philadelphia campaigns, being severely wounded at Brandywine. "After being refused permission to raise a corps from the free black inhabitants of Boston, on 15 October 1777 he took command of the Queen's Rangers, a loyalist 'legion' of mixed light horse and foot; at first with the provincial rank of major, and later of lieutenant-colonel commandant, Simcoe made his name in the petite guerre of raids, reconnaissance, and outpost skirmishing that characterized its service. As contemptuous of the military capacity of his adversaries as he was of their republicanism, his leadership made the Queen's Rangers the most successful of the American loyalist corps. He was captured in 1779 and spent six months as a prisoner" (DNB). Simcoe was brevetted home to Exeter in 1781, having spent six and a half years in active service in America. Despite the historical significance of this work, it was largely unknown outside of Simcoe's family circle for many decades. In 1846, Obadiah Rich wrote in comment on the 1844 second edition, "This book was first printed soon after the termination of the war of Independence, but apparently not published, and was almost unknown to exist until a few years ago, when a copy turned up in a sale (I believe of Mr. Chalmer's library) and from that copy, this edition was printed" (Bibliotheca Americana Nova 2:388). Nine of the battle plans were engraved for this work, the tenth being the "Sketch of the Skirmish at Petersburg" with imprint of Faden, 1784. However, the title of this map has been neatly amended in manuscript to indicate that it has been "copied from a Plan of Lt. Spencer's." Given that the Church copy possessed all the maps, including this one, in manuscript form, this seems plausible. Church 1223 (with 16 maps in manuscript); Clark 1:311; Howes S461; ("d"); Sabin 91134; Streeter sale 808. Acquisition: Laird Park sale, Sotheby's New York, Nov 29, 2000, lot 327, $64,000.
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